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dullardry en · NOUN

Etymology

From dullard + -ry.

Meanings

  1. (rare, uncountable) The behaviour or beliefs of a dullard; ignorance.
    • […] simplicity and sophistication, dullardry and enthusiasm, dogmatism and flexibility, all were as current then as now. 1968, Don M Ricks, Shakespeare's Emergent Form:
    • That was in any case always a piece of Westminster dullardry. 1998, Lindsay Paterson, A Diverse Assembly: The Debate on a Scottish Parliament:
    • We stood no chance against the sheer weight of such dullardry. Our leather pants, tattoos, track marks and distorted guitars were never going to make it. 1996, Clinton Walker, The Secret History of Australian Independent Music: 1977-1991: